Greece

Greek Foreign Minister George Katrougalos and his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov met on Thursday in Saint Petersburg. The two senior officials stressed the need to further strengthen the already-solid Greek-Russian relations at their meeting in the historic Russian city. Their meeting...

Greece is not investing in warlike rhetoric with Turkey, said Alternate Foreign Minister Giorgos Katrougalos on Friday, criticizing recent airspace violations by Turkish warplanes in the Aegean. Katrougalos spoke to the press after briefing party representatives on developments in the region at a...

An "unpredictable" Turkey is losing political capital having "burned its bridges" with erstwhile allies, a Greek minister said on Monday. Alternate Foreign Minister for European Affairs George Katrougalos was speaking in an interview with the Athens-Macedonian News Agency's radio station,...

Alternate Foreign Minister Giorgos Katrougalos in a statement to the Athens-Macedonian News Agency on Saturday dismissed reports that Qatar has stopped any investment activity in Greece. "It is nothing more than fake news," he said adding that such scenarios undermine...

The two top priorities for Greece's foreign ministry are to push for a new EU social rights protocol during the discussion on the future of Europe and to protect the rights of Greeks and Greek-Cypriots living in the United...

The IMF is asking for unfavorable changes in the social security system, but we will not accept them, Labor Minister Giorgos Katrougalos said on Monday in statements to ANT1 TV. "The IMF has extreme views, but we do not concede,"...

Neither the tax issue nor the social security issue can open again because they were part of the first program review," Labor Minister Giorgos Katrougalos on Thursday said in an interview with Praktorio 104.9 FM. "The fact that these two...

On Thursday Labor and Social Insurance Minister Giorgos Katrougalos said that he seeks to "isolate" the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and its influence on pension and labor issues in Greece. As Greece is anxiously awaiting release of 2.8 billion euros...

Labor Minister George Katrougalos has been in Heraklion since Saturday morning, in order attend several meetings and speak at an event organized by the Prefecture Committee of SYRIZA. The Labor Minister visited Heraklion Mayor Vasilis Labrinos and discussed matters of labor...

Greek Labor Minister George Katrougalos reassured on Sunday in an interview with SKAI TV that there would be no mass layoffs. "The IMF is asking for mass layoffs," Katrougalos noted, "obviously we are not going to accept that," he said,...

The deal regarding the security funds has been sealed, said Labor Minister George Katrougalos after the meeting with the creditors' representatives, while he also supported that both parts have come together. The creditors' representatives have accepted all the proposals from...

"The voting of the bill on pension reforms has been significantly delayed and this is due to IMF's stance and its unreasonable demands," Labor Minister George Katrougalos on Thursday said in statements to Praktorio 104.9 FM. The negotiation with the...

Greek Labor Minister George Katrougalos on Friday in statements to ANA-MPA dismissed a report in newspaper "Ta Nea" that a special levy will be imposed on pensioners. "The country's permanent power centers see their temporary status and react spasmodically ......

"We will soon have an agreement that will allow the completion of the first program review" before March 27, the Greek Labor Minister George Katrougalos said on Sunday to ANA-MPA, admitting, however, that the negotiation will be hard. Katrougalos, who participated in...

Greek Labor Minister Giorgos Katrougalos met on Thursday with ILO General Director Guy Ryder at the Ministry. They focused on labor relationships as well as on labor issues such as collective contracts and mass layoffs. The Minister stressed that Greece should...